VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-15548
There are instr and mvwinstr buffer overflows because interaction with C functions is mishandled.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.62%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the ncurses crate through 5.99.0 for Rust. There are instr and mvwinstr buffer overflows because interaction with C functions is mishandled.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.62% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ncurses project/ncurses
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0006.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0006.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.